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Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says for now, their investigations around new cases in Suva, Nausori, and Lami have indicated those containment areas should be maintained for at least another week.
He says through the ministries of Commerce, Trade, Tourism and Transport and Economy, they are working with industry partners on COVID-safe risk assessments to explore how and when some industries may operate in carefully-managed ways within containment areas.
Doctor Fong stresses that the careFIJI contact tracing app will be paramount to these operations.
He says they will be announcing early next week how their containment protocols will cater for more COVID-safe essential business operations.
The Nadi and Lautoka containment areas also remain.
